Magheramorne Orange Hall

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A single-storey gabled hall of rubble blackstone walls, partly built to courses, with painted brick dressings.

Main entrance faces east.

East elevation contains five regularly spaced openings, comprising a main entrance to the left with four windows to the right. All openings segmental arched with stop chamfered reveals to brick block surrounds, brickwork later painted red brick colour. Rectangular flush timber double doors set in deep recessed porch; reveals and ceiling of recess painted grey; modern chromium handle to door. Three granolithic steps, the outer two curved. Windows timber sliding sash, vertically hung, 2 over 2, with horns, painted white; translucent glazing to lower sashes; projecting stone cills, painted grey. Walling of random rubble except for roughly coursed work to main area of front below cill level; reticulated pointing. Inscription plaque set flush between two windows; inscribed ‘Magheramorne Orange Hall 1878’. Roof of Bangor Blue slates in regular courses, with overhanging verges and eaves; dark toned ridge tiles. Eaves later closed off with wire mesh. PVC gutter and PVC downpipe to each end. Two chimneys, one on each gable, constructed of red brick with stop chamfers; one to south is of solid brickwork originally and thus never functional; short cream earthenware pot to each stack.

South elevation comprises south gable with lower later extension to left. Main gable walling of roughly coursed rubble; contains a pair of coupled window openings, segmental arched and dressed in brick as previous but unpainted; openings blocked with red brickwork; projecting sandstone cills, unpainted. Wooden timber barge boards with plywood sheeting to soffits. Flat roofed extension to left, cement rendered, keyed for dash but not finished. Asphalt roof; timber fascia; one rectangular window, metal fixed lights with top-hung vents, in plain rendered reveals, projecting concrete cill.

Rear elevation consists of single storey flat roofed rear extension projecting forward with slated roof of main hall behind; two modern rooflights in roof of main hall. Wall of rear extension cement rendered and dry dashed with marble chippings. Five rectangular windows, metal fixed lights with side-hung casements and top-hung top lights; wired glass; projecting concrete cills

North elevation comprises plain wall of north gable with later flat-roofed rear extension to right; main gable similar to south gable but no openings; modern reticulated pointing to stonework. Wall of extension cement rendered and keyed as wall on south side; rectangular flush timber double doors in plain rendered reveals; flat roof as previous.

Setting: the building stands facing the main road and set back from it with a small concrete area in front, bounded to the front by a low cement rendered wall with concrete copings, surmounted by iron railings; centrally positioned pedestrian gate of ironwork set between square rendered piers with weathered concrete caps; similar small pier to south corner. A steel flagpole with concrete posts stands to right, in front of hall, in concrete area. Concrete area bounded to south by a rubble stone retaining wall to raised garden of property to left; boundary to north formed by concrete posts and wire fencing; concrete path across each gable end; boundary to rear formed by concrete retaining wall and basalt rock face of elevated ground beyond. It is set in a rural location in open countryside, with a few houses in close proximity.

Historical information

Built in 1878 as Magheramorne Orange Hall as inscribed on a plaque on entrance front; architect not known.

References - Primary Sources

1. Inscribed plaque on entrance front.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

This is a simple late-Victorian Orange Hall without any special architectural features externally or internally.